Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experience came in useful for another role right — as a makeup girl . |
| 2 | There was one occasion when the addled eggs came in handy for pelting a kid on a motorbike who 'd been riding up and down outside our house all evening and making a terrible noise . |
| 3 | We should remember from Mayhew 's account that the boots also came in handy for kicking policemen and other traditional foes of the costers . |
| 4 | Before I landed Brookside I was washing up in a wine bar so the experience obviously came in handy for playing Chrissie . ’ |
| 5 | Our newly expanded page area came in handy for the Financial Results Special — there are some big results to report . |
| 6 | These figures taken in conjunction with the fact that 10,000 carriages and similar vehicles had to be maintained and repaired and up to ten new carriages turned out weekly for the L & NWR system alone , emphasise the importance of the department ; Wolverton Works was the ‘ largest works entirely devoted to carriage building and repairs in the UK ’ . |
| 7 | The stuffing also has to be cooked and sliced up ready for reheating , and the Christmas puddings are prepared with the help of cooks at London 's St Thomas 's Hospital . |
| 8 | The Northamptonshire batsmen blasted exactly 200 off just 210 balls in a stay of nearly four hours , hitting 28 fours and two sixes as his side piled up 335 for two from 86 overs . |
| 9 | Lloyd took half-an-hour to get off the mark but finished with 101 as Lancashire piled up 321 for five against Worcestershire . |
| 10 | I puzzled over this for a week or so , before a second whisper clarified the message . |
| 11 | Now I think we 'd better finish on time so you can go and stand in the , the wet and breathe in get some fresh air into your lungs and get all psyched up ready for your grading . |
| 12 | But there is at least a hint in the Bill that in certain circumstances opted-out schools ( to be referred to as grant-maintained schools ) might receive extra funds from the DES : although in general such schools are to receive funding equivalent to that which they would have received from the LEA , Clause 67 ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) lay down that for certain ‘ special purposes ’ extra non-recurrent or recurrent grants may be forthcoming . |
| 13 | Agnew made his mark in midfield at Barnsley where his ability to produce a telling pass brought him to the notice of Blackburn , who shelled out 750,000 for the Shipley-born player . |
| 14 | Alistair Brown scored 210 and Paul Atkins 111 not out as Surrey ran up 364 for 1 in their 55 overs against Kent ( 207 for 8 ) in the county 2nd X1 limited-overs championship match at The Oval on May 8 . |
| 15 | Tony Tillbrook hit 309 not out ( 33 fours , 21 sixes ) as his club St Thomas ran up 362 for 1 against Trinibis at Waltham Abbey . |
| 16 | Steve Goldsmith made 202 not out ( 24 fours , 10 sixes ) as Derbyshire II ran up 324 for 1 in 41 overs to defeat Lancashire ( 323 for 4 in 53 overs ) in the Bain Clarkson Trophy limited-overs match at Checkley . |
| 17 | His running tore QPR to shreds and he took a Waddle ball after 30 minutes to go down the left and set up Bright for a virtual tap in , his eighth goal in 14 games . |
| 18 | There was a long table of scrubbed pine with a tablecloth ( splashed with russet chrysanthemums , the sort of tablecloth you see through the windows of other people 's houses as you walk by at teatime ) folded back to cover crockery set out ready for breakfast , perhaps to keep mice from dirtying the cups . |